Have you ever installed packages from one repository only to wish you had just stuck with the vendor’s original repositories? I had problems myself with package conflicts between RPMForge and CentOS Updates repository, mainly, because I forgot to use the “yum-priorities” plugin at the time. I’ve since learned and corrected that, and in the process wanted to get rid of any rpmforge installed packages for the sake of stability.

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What’s a Ball of Tar and a Zipper Have to do with My Linux Box?

Tarball files ( .tar ) are file archives commonly used in Linux and Unix file systems to store data backups and to assist in transferring of multiple files and directories quickly. Usually, tarbal ( .tar ) files are compressed with the GZIP library in order to save space, and make transferring quicker. Gzip’d tarball files are often have a .gz or .gzip file extension succeeding the .tar, and in equal are commonly used to backup and store data, as well as for transferring multiple files and directories around on the internet quickly and easily.

Why View the Contents of an Archive Without Extracting It?

There may be occasions when you simply want to see what is inside of a tar gzip file without having to actually extract the contents. This is Continue Reading